The US under Trump has woken the world into reality and the result in decades will certainly be a shit from the current US standing in the world, and that will be lovely.
I was an ardent supporter of the US until Trump came into power due to its role in the world. Trump only made me realise that it only takes a single leader to change the narrative and put the whole world in jeopardy. Tell me, is it bad for more than one country to have that power shared rather than being given to one (the US)? This is why EU should get itself together, they are also collectively capable. I don't know what's wrong with them.
Suppose China, the US, the EU, Russia etc. could have a powerful economic, political and military influence that can measure up against each other. In that case, it will rather cause a balance and mutual respect, and not the hopelessness as you view it. It mustn't always be the US.
I've also been sympathetic to USA since always, having that nation as standard of life quality, culture and organization. And I also have the same perception regards Trump, although I think it's not a singularity of USA. In fact, there is an aura of mistrust and dishonesty around the entire world. The political scenario
inof USA is also present in many other countries. I remember 20 years ago it wasn't like this. Authorities used to be respected and to respect their citizens and other nations. The world was trying to build something together through deals and pacts.
Now everything is getting ruined and nobody trusts each other anymore. And for that reason, it's really hard to predict what is going to happen next, or who is going to be the next "sheriff" of the world.
I just think it would be pretty bad if a nation like China or Russia took charge of the world, due to their history of
dictatorshipauthoritarianism, manipulation and crimes (sometimes against their own people). And without USA, that is what inevitably would happen... EU doesn't have enough strength to fight from equal to equal against the eastern axis.